doctrine of chryst is also a gyfte of the holy ghost onely to theym whiche be of the electe people of God for worldly people can not hate all worldly affections and lustes wherfore the vniuersall hatred thereof is also an other good fruite whiche no euyll tree can beare howbeit by this fruit the electe be not perfectly knowen but only to them selues neuerthelesse by doyng of the contrary as by louyng and delyting in worldly affections lustes the people of the world ar plainly knowen to be the subiectes of the deuil for who so euer loueth the world or the thinges of the worlde the loue of god is not in him the first epistle of Ihō the seconde chap. c. And as for the bearyng of the crosse of Christ before mencioned whiche is to haue alwai a spiritual pacience in all aduersyties tribulacions and persecucions to reioyce only in them Gala vi c Beyng therbi assured in a stedfast hope the secoud of Tim ii chapter b Roma v. a Knowyng also vndoubtedly the occasyō why god sendeth such aduersyties tribulacons and persecusyons to all his electe people is lykewyse a principall gyft of the holygost and also the spirituall conforte and ioye which the elect people of God haue therin vnto that tyme the gospell be fully glorified is cleane contrarye to the natural disposiciō of al worldli people wherfore it is lykewyse an other good fruyte whiche no yll tree can beare And where Christ sayth Luke xiii d. That who so euer receyueth notte the kyngdome of God as a chylde shall not enter therin sayeth also Mat. xviii a. Excepte we turne become as chyldren we shal not entre into the kingdom of heauē This doth manifestly declare vnto vs that all people which shal be saued in Christ receyue euerlastyng lyfe shall receiue it only by grace geuē of God in the mercifull promyse made in Christ without any assystance ther vnto of any of our owne workes Ephe. ii b. For euery one that entereth into the true rest of the Saboth of God ceasseth frō doing of their owne woorkes Ebrues iiii b. And submitteth them selfes as elect chyldren wholly to be taught lead in their conuersacion only by the spirite of Christ vnto whom they geue the honor of al godly enstructions so that thei do not after their owne ymaginacion neither seke their owne wyll nor seke their owne wordes Esay the .lviii. d Which the Scripture sayeth Apoc. xiiii a In suche a songe as no earthly persones could learne synce the tyme of Christ but onely the nombre appoynted of whome there bee some reserued by the mercifull goodnesse of God to declare the trewe euerlastynge gospell of Christ to the glorye therof through out the vniuersal world Apo. xiiii b. wherfore it is also a principal gyft of the Holy goste whiche no worldly person hath neither knoweth of Thō xiiii b. And an other good fruit which no yll tree can bere so y t by these fruites before mencioned and not otherwyse by any other outward appearaūce both the people of God also the people of the deuyll be perfectly knowen to all theim that knoweth the trewe doctrine of the spirite of Christ Howbeit the worldly people which worship the beast his ymage yet vnto this tyme thynkethe to know to deserne what sortes men be of by other outward hipocritish workes wherfor they condempne the people of God in their iudgementes as the scribes pharise is dyd Christ Tho ix c Because thei seme not to theym to be so holye in their outwarde appearaunce as the worldly hipocrites do Howbeit the best meane way to knowe who be the true ministers of the gospell and who be the disceyuers of the people if they bee straungers vnto vs so that we can not know them by their spiritual fruites before mēcioned then the surest way is to serche diligently whether they preach the gospel in lyke maner as the Apostles of Christ dyd and as Christ cōmaunded al his electe ministers to do that is only by the instruction of the holy gost not otherwyse Luke xxiiii e. For that that the excellency of the power of the ministraciō of the gospell myght be Goddes not ours ii Corin. iiii chap. b. So that all the elect ministers of Christ geue the glorye and praise of the ministraciō of the gospell wholly to the spirite of Christ which is geuen to euery one of the electe people of God which shall be saued in Christ Act. ii f. the fyrst Corin. xii b. Wherfore whosoeuer preacheth the Gospel after any other maner then onely by thinstruction of the spirite of Christ is a disceiner whom the spirite calleth Ihon. x. a. A theife and a murtherer for that that he taketh vpō him to entre into the sheepe folde of GOD whiche is his woorde conteyned in the holye Scriptures by another meane and waye then by the most holy Spirite of Christ which is the only dore wherby all the electe people of GOD entre into the trewe knowledge of the holye scriptures so that all our marked men which preach without his spirite are spiritually both theues murtherers for they are theues because they take from Christ that which is his that is the ministracion of the woorde of God whiche ought onely to be ministred by the power of the spirite of Christ for otherwyse as by outward learnynge or anye other meane or waye no man can minister it purely and truly the first to the Corinthians the seconde chapiter b. c. Accordynge to the Commaundement of Christe Wherefore oure Markte men are also Murtherers because they dooe as moche as in theim lyeth spirituallye to murther all those soules to whome they haue so preached For likewyse as we haue but one Christ so is there but one trewe doctrine of Christ and but one spirituall conuersacion for all people to keepe whiche be regenerate in Christ Ephe. iiii a. Phil. iii. c. For all our marked men which inclyn not vnto y e good wordes of our Lorde Ihesus Christ to the doctrine whiche accordeth to godlynesse are pufte vp with the delusion of the deuyll and knoweth nothyng that is good but wasteth their braines about questions argumentes stryfe of wordes with many vayne disputacions after their corrnpte myndes beyng clerely destitute of all true knowlege i. Tim. vi a. Neuerthelesse all true ministers of the gospell of Christ seketh with most diligence to haue all people to come to Christ that is to beleue all the promyses made in Christ and to seke of God by Christ all thinges that he hath promised Whereof the mooste principall thing is to be regenerate of god with the moste holye spirite of Christ without the which spirite no man can entre the kingdome of God Ihon. iii. a. That is no man can know the thyng that is godly nether wherwith GOD is pleased i. Corin. ii c. Wherfore it is most nedefull expedient for all people hauing the
no such doctrine but to abstain frō thynges offred to ymages frō fornicacion such vnclennes that so doing we should do wel for our markte mē which teach the lawe obserue not the lawe Gala. vi c. Neither they know not that Christ is thendt of the lawe to iustify all that beleue Rom. x. a. But they be very desyrous of the benedictiōs of the law thynke them selues to be in the fauor of god because they haue habundance of al worldly thynges the fyrst of Tymothy the vi chapiter b. Unto whom saynt Paule sayth Galat. v. a. That al those which trust in the law and seke the beuedictions therof are fallen from grace woulde that all such teachers were clearely seperated frome the companye of all Christen people Galathas the .v. chap. b. For they are the enemies of the crosse of Christ whose ende is damnaciō whose belly is their God and glory to their shame whiche are worldelye mynded philipiās iii. d wherfore let vs wholly depend of Christ which hath fulfilled all thynges that was written of hym in the law of Moyses in the prophetes and in the psalmes luke xxiiii E. which also hath all power in heauen and in earth and hathe made a generall peace betwene god the father and vs and hath also put away through his flesh the cause of hatred euē the lawe of commaundementes conteyned in the law written ephe ii c. so that he hath clerely put out the hande wrytynge that was agaynste vs conteyned in the law wrytten that hath he taken out of the way and hath fastened it on his crosse collos ii c and hath also established a new testmaent not lyke vnto the old accordynge to the promysses of god spoken of by the prophetes Ieremye xxxi f. xxiiii b. xxx d. Ezechiel xi d. xxxvi e. where he saythe I will put my lawes in their myndes in their hertes I wil write them and I wil be their god and they shall be my people and they shal not teache euery man his neighboure and euery man his brother sayeng knowe the lorde for they shal al knowe me from the least to the most of them Ebre viii c. x. c. Here ye mai se perceiue plainli that the promise of this testament is made onely to thē that be regenerate in christ therby knoweth y e true professiō of y e gospel accordyng to the doctryne of christ mat xiii c. luke viii b For whosoruer knoweth it not beyng of naturall discression hath no promyse made within any parte of the new testament to be saued by Christ if he departe this present lyfe in suche ignoraunce wherfore god sayeth by the Prophet Esay the .ix. chapiter c. All they whiche enforme the ignorant people that they be in a ryght case they be disceiuers and suche as men thynke to bee perfecte amonge thē are but cast awayes For it is also wrytten Esay the liiii d That all those people whiche shal be saued in Christ shall be taught of God which wordes Christ himself doth also verify Ihon. vi b. and sayth lykewyse that they shall be all taught of God And saynt Paule sayth ii Corin. iiii a. That the Gospell is not hydd but onely amonge them that are loste whom the deuyll hath deluded Wherfore to know who theibe that knoweth the gospell and who they be that knoweth it not wherby ye shal know them as the scripture teacheth ye shal haue it exprest in this treatyse hereafter folowyng specially who be the true ministers of the gospell of Christ and also who be the disceiuers of the people for Christ sayeth Math vii c A good tree can not bring furth bad fruyte neyther can a bad tree bringe forth good fruyte wherfore he sayeth by their fruytes ye shall know thē for either the tree is good his frute good orels the tree is euyll and his fruite euyl Math. xii c. for it is not a good tree that bryngeth furthe euell fruite neither is that an yll tre that bryngeth furth good frnte luke vi g. wherefore it is expedient and necessary to knowe first what fruites these be that christe speketh of whereby all people may be knowen that is to know what good dedes they be which an euil mā cannot do and also what euill dedes they be which a good man cannot do First christe saith Iohn xiii E that all his electe people shal be knowē bi loue which thei haue one to an other and saithe also luke xiiii f. If a man come to me and hate not his father and mother and wyfe and children and brethren and sisters yea his owne lyfe also he cannot be mi disciple and whosoeuer doth not beare his crosse likewise com after me can not be my disciple And furthermore saithe luke xviii d who so euer receyueth not the kyngdom of heuen as a childe shal not entre therī And saith also mat xviii a. Except we turne become as children we shal not enter in to the kyngdome of heauē wherfor by these thynges before rehersed both y e people of god y e people of y e deuil are perfitly knowen Fiyst all the elect people of god are knowen by godly loue one to an other according to the saienges of christ before mencioned which godly loue commeth only by the gift of the holy gost Rom. v. a. And falleth neuer away from them which be regegenerate in Christ i. Corin. xii b. So that enuye and malyce be synnes which the people of God beyng regenerate in Christ can not be infected with all wherfore they be the principallyst euyll fruytes that Christ speaketh of Math. vii c. whiche no good tree can beare for the spirit of God remaineth alway in theym that be regenerate in Christ Esay lix c. Ihon xiiii b wherefore they can not do contrary to the cōmaundement of Christ Ihon. xiii e. whiche is loue because they are borne of God his seede remaineth alwayes in theym the Epistle of Ihon. iii. chap. b. But the people of the worlde can haue no suche perfection of loue to the people of God Ihon. x. c. For perfecte loue is the moast principallest gift of the holi ghost i. Cor. xiii c. wherfore it is also the principalest good fruyt which Christ speaketh of Mat. vii c. Whiche no yll tree can beare likewise as ther remaineth in the people of God a perfect loue to al them that be obedient to the Gospell of Christ so is there also in thē a spiritual hatred according to the saiyngs of Christ Luk. xiiii f. Agaynst all worldly affectiōs lnstes both in them selfes in al other people but specially against the whole conuersaciō of almarked mē other which dispyse or refuse the true doctrine of the gospel ii tim iii. c. so that y e vnfained hatred of al worldly affectiōs lustes the hole conuersaciō of al merkt mē other which refuse y e true
baptised and receyued faythe in Christ long before they receyued the gyfte of the holy gost as we reade in the Actes the .viii. chapiter c. the xix a. Howe be it their knoweledge was alwayes vnperfecte vntyll that tyme they were regenerate wyth the Spirite of christ i. cor iii. a. viii a. For his Spirite is the oyle whiche the wise Uirgins shal take in their lampes of fayth to meete with the trwe Bridegrome Christ Mat. xxv a. And is also y e oyntmeÌ„t which techeth vs all godly knowledge Ep. IhoÌ„ ii d. wherfore s Iames. v. c. wold that the people which wer disesed shuld anointed ther with which ointment cometh most comenly vpoÌ„ the elect people of God by praier in fayth and by laiyng on of handes of the electe ministers of God in Christ in lyke maner as we reade Act. viii chapter c In which chapiter is also mencioned the request of one SimoÌ„ which offered the Apostles money to haue had lyke power to haue geuen the Holy Ghoste to whom he woulde by the laiyng on of his handes Notwithstandyng the Apostles refused hys money and also declared vnto him that he had no part of that ministracioÌ„ Neuertheles synce that tyme our markte moÌ„sters hauynge the full power of the Beast in theim haue ordeyned other thynges in stede therof to minister to sycke people aske y e ministers of Christ no leaue And doo vse also to minister to theim in chyldhod a certayne oyle or grease which is coÌ„menly called the Confirmacion of their Baptysme makynge the ignorant people to beleue that that is the gyft of the holy gost lyke as Mahomet made the people to beleue that the holy gost in the lykenes of a doue taught hym what doctrine he shoulde teache the people Howbeit the delusion of Mahomet ê preestes now at this present tyme is not so muche to be merueyled at as the delusioÌ„ of our markte men because Machometes preestes doo liue according to their profession also th 〈…〉 doctrine is agreable to those Scriptures whiche bee written vnto them but our marked meÌ„ liue cleane contrary to the true professioÌ„ of the gospell and contrary to the example of Christ of all his Apostles also ministreth crafty doctrine coÌ„trary to the holy Scriptures written Wherfore the acceptyng of them as trew ministers of the Gospell is not onely a declaracion of ignorance in godly knowledge but also a declaracion of blyndnesse of naturall reason For howe may reason conceyue truthe to be in them in whome so muche falshed is founde Wherefore what worldly affectioÌ„s so euer we haue to them we ought only to be ruled by the worde of God written vsyng them but lyke as natural meÌ„ do vse the membres of their naturall bodyes For a natural man which hath rotten teethe in hys head that dothe neuer rest from paynfull ache wyll seeke a remedy but if he canne haue none he wyll haue hys rotten teethe drawen out of his head rather then to haue all his bodye continuallye disquyeted And euen so lykewyse our Marked men are lyke vnto rotten teeth for they can not minister the woorde of God as they ought to doo And as for the spiritual ache which al godli people haue bi them we see playnly that the hyghe powers haue soughte as muche the reformacioÌ„ of them as may be yet they be as craftye as euer they were disguisyng themselfe with sophisticall hipocrisy either new or olde as fast as euer thei did the deuyl is as familier with them as euer he was Wherfore God send vs remedy of them shortly Howbeit most men be in lyke case with theim as women bee with their Parrottes for women vse muche diligence to make theire Parrottes to speake yet with all their diligence they canne not make them to talke so reasonabli as a resonable creature can And no more can no man make those ministers which be onely appoynted by meÌ„ to declare the true meanyng of the woorde of God so playnly and truly as it ought to be whatsoeuer be deuised for them For the true vnderstandyng of the holy scriptures is as dyffuse to theim as the wordes of a clasped booke which no man openeth Esaie xxix c. For God hath sent them strong delusioÌ„ that they should beleue lyes because they receyued not the loue of the truthe but had pleasure in vnrighteousnesse ii Thess ii chap. c. For they ar cloudes without water trees withoute fruyte at gatheryng tyme beig twise dead wherfore god shal plucke them vp by the rootes For they are lyke the ragynge waues of the sea fomynge oute theire owne shame They ar the wandering starres to whome the myste of darkenesse is reserued for euer Iude. d. For in so much as God promysed but one Ihesus to be Christ Gala. iii. c. A full satisfaction redemption and sustificacion of all his electe people from synne Ebrues x. c. As is before mencioned all men may see and perceyue playnly what shamelesse Antechristes all our Markte men bee whiche haue taughte the people to beleue in others satisfactions other instificacions and other remissioÌ„ of syn deniyng also the power of the Holy Ghost saiyng that the spirite of Christ was insufficient without outwarde learnyng to discerne the true meanyng of the holy Scriptures when the electe people of God dyd heare them or reade them whiche is an open blasphemy of the holy gost which Christ saith shall neuer be forgeuen Mat. xii c. Marke iii. b. Luke vii b. Wherfore whosoeuer trusteth vpon their conuersion sheweth himselfe to mistrust the trew literall sence of the holy scriptures spoken by Christ written for our instruction For lyke as God is mercifull accordyng to his promyse so is he righteous accordyng vnto his worde and thereby shall iudge the worlde Ihon. xii g. And by his worde declareth also al thinges nedefull to be knowen to his people before it come to passe Amos. iii. b. iiii d. Whiche the worlde canne not perceyue For what worldly man in the Primatiue Church dyd beleue that it was the wyl of god that al his elect people in Christ should be persecuted hated of all nacions of men vntyll that tyme wherin God wyll glorifie the gospel whiche tyme is also manifestly declared in the holy scriptures both by the Prophetes and also by the Apostles neuertheles all worldly people bothe learned other are as ignoraunt therof as the hygh learned Scribes Phariseis were of Christ For the deuyll being chaunged into the likenes of an Angel of light bath geueÌ„ his power vnto marken men hys ministers Apoca. xiii a. By whome all earthely people haue beÌ„ disceiued whose incorporacion and power the holy scripture calleth the beast because the spirituall whore of Rome which corrupted all the people of the earth with her fornicacioÌ„ dyd syt vpon their doctrine was maintayned therby Apo ca. xvii a. Whose abhominacion God hathe disclosed to dyuerse Kynges and hyghe powers and hathe put in their